Flip News — universal-credit news https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/universal-credit/ The latest Flip News stories on universal-credit. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:27 GMT Ministers may scrap youth disability benefit for under-25s in back-to-work plan https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/ministers-youth-disability-benefit-scrap-plans/ https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/ministers-youth-disability-benefit-scrap-plans/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ministers are considering scrapping the universal credit health element for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound support package to help young people into work. Sarah Whitfield welfare-reform universal-credit pip under-25s The Times Conservatives pledge to cut benefits for the long-term unemployed https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/tories-benefits-cuts-pledge/ https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/tories-benefits-cuts-pledge/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:50:00 GMT Kemi Badenoch has pledged that a future Conservative government would cut universal credit to a 'subsistence allowance' worth 70 per cent of the full rate for claimants out of work for more than six months, paid on a card banning spending on alcohol, cigarettes, betting and cash withdrawals. Sarah Whitfield benefits welfare universal-credit Conservatives Badenoch The Times